Grand Traverse Area Veterans Memorial Park
Grand Traverse Area Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Briar Hill stands 410 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Traverse City
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Piazza: 0.3 mi
- The Backyard: 0.4 mi
- Hannah Park: 0.7 mi
- Historic Barns Park: 0.8 mi
- Lay Park: 0.8 mi
- Hickory Forest Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Miller Creek Nature Reserve: 2.3 mi
- Mitchell Creek Nature Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- DeYoung Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- Pelizzari Natural Area: 4.1 mi
- Perry Hannah: 0.8 mi
- Enspire: 0.8 mi
- Greetings from Traverse City: 1.0 mi
- Time to Let Go: 1.0 mi
- Autumn, 1989: 1.1 mi
- Wayne Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hickory Hill: 1.7 mi
- Morgan Hill: 1.8 mi
- Exodus Hill: 3.6 mi
- McCrea Hill: 3.9 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 2.6 mi
- Music House Museum: 7.8 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 10.5 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 13.2 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- The Cistern: 0.5 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 1.5 mi
- Suspendend Overlook: 3.6 mi
- Rope Swing: 5.3 mi
- S-Curve: 7.8 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 0.7 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 0.8 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Koeze Stable Garden: 0.7 mi
- Secret Garden: 0.7 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 0.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.7 mi
- Traverse City Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- West End Beach: 1.0 mi
- North Beach: 14.9 mi
- Haserot Beach: 16.0 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 16.7 mi
- Public Access: 17.5 mi
- Dodge Spring: 15.5 mi
- Marl Springs: 20.9 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 11.6 mi
- Jacktown: 17.2 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grand Traverse Area Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | S 183° | 410 m | 24.8 mi |
| Exodus Hill | WNW 282° | 370 m | 3.6 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | WNW 290° | 355 m | 4.6 mi |
| Varney Hill | W 277° | 337 m | 11.9 mi |
| Champion Hill | WSW 248° | 337 m | 20.7 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SSW 210° | 332 m | 16.0 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 228° | 332 m | 23.9 mi |
| Warner Hill | W 272° | 331 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:17 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, under a mile away.
- Mallard125 obs
- Mute Swan60 obs
- American Herring Gull50 obs
- Common Merganser42 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
- staghorn sumac37 obs
- box elder35 obs
- Common Goldeneye34 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1076914551
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